Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) says NO to another term for Panfilo “Ping” Lacson at the Senate. Lacson is notorious as the man who authored and pushed for the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. The ATA alongside Republic Act No. 10168, or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, is resolutely against another Senate term for Duterte minions Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go. Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go have toadied to their master Rodrigo Duterte for decades, publicly supporting his repressive policies that have …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) strongly opposes a second term for Imee Marcos at the Senate. Imee Marcos, an unabashed apologist for her dictator-father, believes, contrary to historical fact, that martial law is a panacea to the country’s ills, including high rice prices. When confronted with martial law atrocities, however, …
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The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) takes exception to Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go’s appeal at the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs’ hearing last week to go easy on Rodrigo Duterte on account of his age and health condition. “Eleven political prisoners died in prison under the Duterte regime, most of …
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, joins trade union activists and other rights defenders in calling for the release of union organizer Juan Alexander “Bob” Reyes, who is scheduled for a hearing at Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 226 today on trumped-up charges …
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The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) slammed the VIP treatment accorded detained cult leader, racketeer and senatorial candidate Apollo Quiboloy, whose recorded video message was the highlight of his kick-off campaign at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on February 11, 2024. “It is highly questionable why Quiboloy, who …
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SELDA (Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) urgently calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Tomas Dominado, a 74-year-old ailing political detainee. Arrested on December 5 in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Dominado faces trumped-up charges of murder and rebellion based on warrants issued more than a decade ago. Significantly, some of his co-accused …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines, stands in solidarity with the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and oppressed peoples worldwide in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War on December 3, 2024. Together with ILPS …
Today, November 15, 2024, as PEN commemorates the International Day of Imprisoned Writers, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) stands in solidarity with all imprisoned and persecuted writers around the world and supports the call from PEN International for their immediate release. SELDA demands that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime release …
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Photo: PUP Catalyst Today, November 11, 2024, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) joins journalists and media practitioners in demanding the release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who will take the witness stand for the first time since her arrest in early 2020. Frenchie Mae is one of the “Tacloban 5” along …
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